scortea

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Latin

Etymology

From scorteus (“made of skin, leather, hides”), from scortum.

Pronunciation

Noun

scortea f (genitive scorteae); first declension

  1. leather
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.629–630:
      scortea nōn illī fās est īnferre sacellō,
      nē violent pūrōs exanimāta focōs.
      It is against divine law to bring leather into that sanctuary,
      for dead matter must not defile pure altars.
  2. a leather or hide garment, coat, or cloak
  3. a leather bag or purse

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scortea scorteae
genitive scorteae scorteārum
dative scorteae scorteīs
accusative scorteam scorteās
ablative scorteā scorteīs
vocative scortea scorteae

Descendants

References

  • “scortea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scortea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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